| EPIPETALOUS | • epipetalous adj. (Botany) Borne on the petals or corolla. • EPIPETALOUS adj. inserted or growing on a petal or petals. |
| OPPORTUNISM | • opportunism n. The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard… • OPPORTUNISM n. the practice of regulating actions by favourable opportunities rather than consistent principles. |
| OPPORTUNIST | • opportunist n. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle. • OPPORTUNIST n. one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism. |
| OUTSTEPPING | • outstepping v. Present participle of outstep. • OUTSTEP v. to step beyond. |
| OUTSTRIPPED | • outstripped v. Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip. • OUTSTRIP v. to go faster or further than. |
| PAPULATIONS | • papulations n. Plural of papulation. • PAPULATION n. the development of papillae or pimples. |
| PITTOSPORUM | • pittosporum n. Any plant of the genus Pittosporum, various Old World shrubs and trees. • Pittosporum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Pittosporaceae – certain of trees called cheesewoods. • PITTOSPORUM n. any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees. |
| POPULATIONS | • populations n. Plural of population. • POPULATION n. the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. |
| POSTNUPTIAL | • postnuptial adj. Subsequent to marriage. • POSTNUPTIAL adj. made or occurring after marriage or mating. |
| PRECIPITOUS | • precipitous adj. Steep, like a precipice. • precipitous adj. Headlong. • precipitous adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden. |
| PRESUMPTION | • presumption n. The act of presuming, or something presumed. • presumption n. The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true. • presumption n. The condition upon which something is presumed. |
| SUPERPOLITE | • superpolite adj. Exceptionally polite. • SUPERPOLITE adj. extremely polite. |
| SUPERPROFIT | • superprofit n. Excess profit. • SUPERPROFIT n. an exceptional profit. |
| SUPPLETIONS | • suppletions n. Plural of suppletion. • SUPPLETION n. addition; supplement. |
| SUPPORTINGS | • supportings n. Plural of supporting. • SUPPORTING n. the act of supporting. |
| SUPPOSITION | • supposition n. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture. • supposition n. The act or an instance of supposing. • SUPPOSITION n. something that is supposed. |
| SUPPOSITIVE | • suppositive adj. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. • suppositive n. A word denoting or implying supposition. • SUPPOSITIVE adj. suppositional. |
| SUPPOSITORY | • suppository n. (Medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially… • SUPPOSITORY n. a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity, as the rectum. |
| SUPPURATION | • suppuration n. (Medicine) Decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself. • suppuration n. (Medicine) The act of suppurating. • SUPPURATION n. the discharge of pus. |